Graduation Pledge

To become a graduate of the University of Calgary is to join a worldwide kinship of educated persons who have earned the opportunities and responsibilities of leadership and service in their chosen communities across the world.

To recognize this affinity and these responsibilities, each graduand at a Convocation ceremony is invited to join with the thousands who have gone before in making the Graduate's Pledge.

The Pledge is not an oath but is a solemn expression of each graduand's best intention to apply their learning and experience in the most positive manner for the widest benefit.

At each Convocation ceremony, all past graduates of the University of Calgary are also invited to offer their support to these newest alumni of the U of C by joining them in an affirmation of a graduate's obligations and ideals:

As a graduate of the University of Calgary, wherever my life may take me, I will use my knowledge, experience and skills to the best of my ability for the well-being of my communities and for the advancement of learning and the public good.

I will conduct myself with honesty and integrity, taking responsibility for my actions and respecting the rights, opinions and dignity of all peoples.

I will maintain my competency and keep abreast of developments in my chosen fields.

I will strive to better my communities through good citizenship and active participation.

I will be a loyal ambassador for my university and will seek to promote its welfare and maintain its reputation.

I will honour all who have shared their knowledge with me and will in my turn share my knowledge and experience with those who enter my field or come under my direction.

In all my dealings, I will endeavour to be known as a person of honour and repute, ever seeking to earn the peace of good conscience.

This is my pledge.